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Cases of fine American wine await three GATA supporters -- maybe you?

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But you must reply by December 31.

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11:32a ET Monday, December 16, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Can the chance of winning a great prize induce you to support a great cause?

Two thoughtful friends of GATA -- one a leading bullion U.S. dealer, the other a well-regarded U.S. winery -- have joined forces to bring our supporters a juicy year-end offer:

Equinox Gold to acquire Leagold for $578 million

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, December 16, 2019

Canada's Equinox Gold Corp. will buy rival Leagold Mining Corp. for C$769.3 million ($578.38 million), the company said today, the latest addition to the increasing number of mergers in the gold mining industry. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

Ex-Fed governor who admitted gold swaps, market rigging is candidate for Bank of England governor

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Former Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Kevin Warsh acknowledged to GATA in 2009 that the Fed has secret gold swap arrangements with foreign banks --

http://gata.org/node/7819

-- and in an essay in The Wall Street Journal in 2016 admitted that the central bank manipulates markets:

http://gata.org/node/16702

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Daniel Amerman: Fed is monetizing 90% of U.S. deficit to keep interest rates from rising and crashing markets

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11:50a ET Sunday,December 15, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Financial analyst Daniel Amerman calculates this week that in the last three months the Federal Reserve has been monetizing 90 percent of the U.S. government's exploding budget deficit in the hope of preventing interest rates from rising and thereby crashing the stock, bond, and housing markets.

Salvation Army has no trouble understanding gold as money

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Three Krugerrands, 1899 Gold Piece Among Special Coins Put in Salvation Army Kettles This Year

By Matt Trotter
Public Radio Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Saturday, December 14, 2019

It's a holiday tradition in Tulsa.

Special coins from anonymous donors have been found in Salvation Army red kettles, including three South African krugerrands and an 1899 U.S. gold piece.

U.S. isn't weaponizing dollar, treasury secretary claims, but adds that sanctions are alternative to war

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But by definition sanctions weaponize the dollar, so what's the difference here?

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By Natasha Tarak
CNBC, New York
Saturday, December 14, 2019

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday rejected the suggestion that the Trump administration is weaponizing the dollar through its trade-restricting policies with other countries.

Dollar has been strong but 8 major currencies have been stronger this year

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By Ben Winck
Business Insider, New York
Saturday, December 14, 2019

President Trump railed against the U.S. dollar's relative strength through much of 2019, but eight major currencies are on track to outperform the dollar this year.

Cases of fine American wine await three GATA supporters -- maybe you?

Section: Daily Dispatches

But you must reply by December 31.

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9:16p ET Friday, December 13, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Can the chance of winning a great prize induce you to support a great cause?

Two thoughtful friends of GATA -- one a leading bullion U.S. dealer, the other a well-regarded U.S. winery -- have joined forces to bring our supporters a juicy year-end offer:

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